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Betsy Jane Persons



Birth10 January 1834Lafayette County, Missouri, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Betsy Jane Persons, ID: KWV3-1W1.

    Endowment House (LDS Church), Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), images, FamilySearch, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah, "Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889," citing Endownment House, p. 136, entry 1710, FHL microfilm #183393.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Elizabeth Persons, folder "Willard Snow's 100, schedules, circa 1847 February" (#15), image 15, line 5; and entry for Betsy Persons, folder "Fourth 100, second 50, travel reports, circa 1847 August" (#56), image 9, line 1.

    Deseret News, Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News Co., 1889-1910), "Death of Mrs. Jane Dorsey," 2 January 1901, p. 7, column 2.

Death1 January 1901Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
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    Deseret News, Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News Co., 1889-1910), "Death of Mrs. Jane Dorsey," 2 January 1901, p. 7, column 2.

    Ogden Daily Standard, "Death From Smallpox ," 2 January 1901, p. 4, column 2.

Burial1 January 1901Ogden Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah Territory, United States
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    Deseret News, Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News Co., 1889-1910), "Death of Mrs. Jane Dorsey," 2 January 1901, p. 7, column 2.

    Ogden Daily Standard, "Death From Smallpox ," 2 January 1901, p. 4, column 2.

FatherIsaac Parsons
MotherAmanda Bathrick

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   • Orson Perkins Drake
Married7 May 1850Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Orson Perkins Drake and Betsy Jane Persons, ID: LKVT-YTV and ID: KWV3-1W1.

          Children:
               Orson Persons Drake
               Mary Jane Drake
               Patience Eliza Drake
               Amanda Drake
               John Person Drake
               Elizabeth Ellen Drake
               Annie Drake


Richard Henry Lewis
Married13 April 1869Weber County, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Betsy Jane Persons and Richard Henry Lewis, ID: KWV3-1W1 and ID: L6YF-P72.

          Children:
               Richard Henry Lewis Jr


Patrick Dorsey
Marriedabout 1872Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Betsy Jane Persons and Patrick Dorsey, ID: KWV3-1W1 and ID: K2JX-G4Z.

          Children:
               James Allen Dorsey


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Lafayette County, Missouri, United States
Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States
Hancock County, Illinois, United States
Utah County, Utah Territory, United States
Weber County, Utah Territory, United States
Ogden, Weber, Utah Territory, United States
Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States

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• Grave MarkerView Source

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• 1840 Population CensusQuincy Township, Adams, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusUtah County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusWeber County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusOgden City 4th Ward, Weber, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1900 Population CensusElection District 11- Third Precinct, Weber, UtahExtractImage

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Crossing the Plains

Abraham O. Smoot/Samuel Russell CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

       Departure17 Jun 1847
       Arrival25 Sept 1847


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